| DECKOFCARDS | Something with which you might do the actions at the ends of 20-, 27- and 45-Across |
| IPHONE | Device used with the actions at the ends of the starred answers |
| FIVETOOLPLAYERS | Term for people who can do all the actions at the starts of 17-, 22-, 35-, 42- and 48-Across |
| ACUTE | Keen for a piece of the action at the end of June (5) |
| GRANDOPERA | Art form with which you might see old lady fool the academy (5,5) |
| BOA | Pet with which you might form a tight bond |
| YEN | Currency with which you might buy a kimono |
| OPPOSITEDAY | Period when everything is backwards ... and where the starts of 20-, 27- and 45-Across might be found? |
| OUTSIDECHANCE | What a long shot has, and, literally, what 20-, 27- and 45-Across each has |
| SLEEPDISORDER | Snoring, e.g., and a literal hint to what's hidden in 20-, 27- and 45-Across |
| SHIFTS | Moves materials - and the work periods during which you might do so (6) |
| FINGER | A sports fan might raise one when chanting, "We're number one!" (and a mom might do the same when silently asking you to "wait just one minute") |
| PHARMACOLOGY | Branch of medicine dealing with the actions of drugs in the body (12) |
| BOARDGAMES | Low-tech pastimes involving the actions seen at the end of the *clue answers |
| SPAIN | Country in which you might do a dance called the fandango |
| SIMONSAYS | Game in which you might do as you're told |
| ELECTRICITYBILL | With which you find out the level of your current spending (11,4) |
| LEG | Limb with which you would kick the ball in a game of soccer |
| FAREWELLADDRESS | With which you approached the ball you were never to see again? (8,7) |
| SKI | Go downhill? It's what one might do the morning after drinks at Switzerland's Grand Hotel Zermatterhof! |
